Ankitohazo, upper level (Triassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (13.5° S, 49.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 41.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Lacroix

• Several occurrences do not have a collector listed

Primary reference: I. Vaillant-Couturier Treat. 1933. Paléontologie de Madagascar. XIX - Le Permo-Trias Marin. Annales de Paléontologie 22:39-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119514: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Holothuroidea
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? Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
"Pseudomonotis (Claraia) cf. griesbachi" = Claraia griesbachi
"Pseudomonotis (Claraia) cf. griesbachi" = Claraia griesbachi Bittner 1899 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
? Flemingites sp. Waagen 1892 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
"Aspidites cf. madagascariensis" = Paranorites madagascariensis
"Aspidites cf. madagascariensis" = Paranorites madagascariensis Diener 1914 ceratite